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Cincinnati began with the settlement of Columbia, Losantiville, and North Bend in the Northwest Territory of the United States beginning in late December 1788. The following year Fort Washington, named for George Washington, was established to protect the settlers.
In 1804, the garrison moved to Newport, and Fort Washington was torn down in 1808 to make way for a growing city. Cincinnati was incorporated as a city in 1819 and by 1850 had a population of ...
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Dec 22, 2020 · Cincinnati has been known as the Queen City since at least 1819. That’s when the nickname first made it into newspapers, but it was probably already passed around on the streets.
- Jeff Suess
- Local History Writer
In 1811, the introduction of steamboats on the Ohio River opened up the city's trade to more rapid shipping, and the city established commercial ties with St. Louis, Missouri, and New Orleans downriver. Cincinnati was incorporated as a city on March 1, 1819. [25]
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May 8, 2021 · On September 22, 1788, three speculators — John Filson, Colonel Robert Patterson, and Mathias Denman — crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky and onto their 800-acre investment in the...
4 days ago · Cincinnati emerged as a river port after 1811, when the first steamboat west of the Allegheny Mountains, the New Orleans, arrived on its downriver voyage from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Miami and Erie Canal was completed to Dayton in 1829, and the first section of the Little Miami Railway was laid in 1843.
Feb 6, 2018 · Incorporated as a town in 1802 and an official city in 1819, Cincinnati exploded as a center of arts and commerce. The city quickly became a creative and economic hub over the next 40 years and attracted thousands of new settlers.
